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Regulation and Measurement of the Heat Generated by Automatic Tooth Preparation in a Confined Space
Fusong Yuan1,2,3, Jianqiao Zheng1,2,3, Yuchun Sun1,2,3
11 Center of Digital Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology , Beijing, China .
Objective:
The aim of this study was to assess and regulate heat generation in the dental pulp cavity and circumambient temperature around a tooth during laser ablation with a femtosecond laser in a confined space.
Background Data:
The automatic tooth preparing technique is one of the traditional oral clinical technology innovations. In this technique, a robot controlled an ultrashort pulse laser to automatically complete the three-dimensional teeth preparing in a confined space. The temperature control is the main measure for protecting the tooth nerve.
Methods:
Ten tooth specimens were irradiated with a femtosecond laser controlled by a robot in a confined space to generate 10 teeth preparation. During the process, four thermocouple sensors were used to record the pulp cavity and circumambient environment temperatures with or without air cooling. A statistical analysis of the temperatures was performed between the conditions with and without air cooling (p < 0.05).
Results:
The recordings showed that the temperature with air cooling was lower than that without air cooling and that the heat generated in the pulp cavity was lower than the threshold for dental pulp damage.
Conclusions:
These results indicate that femtosecond laser ablation with air cooling might be an appropriate method for automatic tooth preparing.
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